POV1988 | TV Show

This acclaimed, long-running documentary series is a showcase for independent films on a wide variety of subjects, from the heartwarming (`Sweet Old Song,' about a 91-year-old musician) to the whimsical (`The Sweetest Sound,' a study of names) to the contr (more…)This acclaimed, long-running documentary series is a showcase for independent films on a wide variety of subjects, from the heartwarming (`Sweet Old Song,' about a 91-year-old musician) to the whimsical (`The Sweetest Sound,' a study of names) to the controversial (`Live Free or Die,' about an abortion doctor). Whatever the subject, the most important criterion is that the films express a `point of view.'

Season 22, Episode 3 Life. Support. Music.

First Aired: July 7, 2009

"Life. Support. Music." tells the story of guitarist Jason Crigler, who backed, among others, Norah Jones. At a 2004 gig, he suffered a brain hemorrhage that led doctors to believe he'd be in a vegetative state for the rest of his life---if he survived. Despite that prognosis, his wife Monica---who was three months pregnant with their first child---and family decided to undertake an intensive rehabilitative regime, and in so doing brought him back.